Gut section with fluorescently labeled bacteria. Credit: Huimin Ye An international team of scientists led by microbiologists Professor Alexander Loy from the University of Vienna…
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Courtney Gardner, assistant professor in the Washington State University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is lead author on the paper, which she completed as…
Fluorescence microscopy image of protein condensates forming inside living cells. Credit: Weitz lab, Harvard University Artificial Intelligence can ‘predict’ the biological language of cancer and…
Genomic study finds cancer-linked variants in Bernese mountain dogs, Rottweilers, and retrievers. Six genetic variants add up to determine the risk of several blood cancers…
The cancer stem cells cultured on the DN gel formed a tumor when injected into mice brain. Credit: Jun Suzuka et al., Nature Biomedical Engineering,…
There is no stronger risk factor for cancer than age. At the time of diagnosis, the median age of patients across all cancers is 66.…
Andreas Mershin visits with one of the trained disease-sniffing dogs in his office at MIT. The dogs are trained and handled in the UK by…
Koala in the Wild. Credit: A. Gillett The koala retrovirus (KoRV) is a virus that, like other retroviruses such as HIV, inserts itself into the…
Pancreatic cells can become cancerous (magenta) when an inflammatory molecule called IL-33 activates signals within the pancreatic cells that promote their abnormal growth, investigators at…
New study finds grapes increased resistance to sunburn and reduced markers of UV damage. A recent human study published in the Journal of the American…
Tian’s research reveals a novel winner-takes-all resource competition between synthetic gene circuits within one host cell. Credit: Graphic created by Xiaojun Tian/ASU Division of synthetic…
Images in 69-year-old man with biopsy-confirmed Gleason score 7 (3+4) prostate cancer. (a) Pretreatment axial T2-weighted fast spin-echo MRI scan (repetition time msec/echo time msec,…
MIT biologists have found a possible explanation for the Warburg effect, first seen in cancer cells in the 1920s and named after Otto Warburg, pictured.…
A DNA-based nanogel (shown above) is broken down in cancer cells to release chemotherapy drugs. Credit: Adapted from Nano Letters 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolet.0c03671 Current chemotherapy…
A new test quickly and easily identifies when sperm are carrying chromosomal mutations, and could be applied for men hoping to have children. Chemotherapy and…
Phylogenetic trees, starting with an individual cancer cell. Each color represents a different location in the body. A very colorful tree shows a highly metastatic…
Tapping into an ancient evolutionary survival mechanism, cancer cells enter into a sluggish, slow-dividing state to survive the harsh environment created by chemotherapy or other…
Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite found in raw and undercooked meat; unwashed fruits and vegetables; contaminated water; dust; soil; dirty cat-litter boxes; and outdoor places…
UC San Francisco scientists have discovered a new way to control the immune system’s “natural killer” (NK) cells, a finding with implications for novel cell…
A diagram showing the various strategies that could enhance the activity of CAR T cells against breast cancer. Credit: © 2020 Xu et al. Originally…